Just as the Internet provides an opportunity for almost everyone to post a blog, a webpage, or a simple Twitter page, the ability to host your own radio show can be accomplished with a simple registration, using an online service like BlogTalkRadio. BlogTalk has become a popular audio podcasting platform for thousands of users who host shows on a wide range of topics.

I like clean, un-cluttered note apps that I don’t have to manage with folders, and that can also be used with other applications. Well, at least five note apps (Captio, Squarespace Note, Drafts, Pastebot, and Lumen Note) in the iTunes Apps Store allow you to quickly write notes in two or less taps, and with a lot less fuss than searching for pen and paper.

If you agree that Apple and Android mobile devices are aesthetically stylish and appealing, you will probably want to develop your own attractive mobile app without having to learn complicated coding and graphic design. If you would like to send stylish invitations for say a wedding, birthday party, book club meeting, fundraiser, etc, a new online and mobile (Apple and Android) application and service called Yapp may be of interest to you.

If you have a little time to waste on Twitter, you might want to check out a new site called YouAsked.it. Created by Belgium developer, Maarten Schenk, “You Asked It” filters tweets with questions in them. When a question pops up, you get under 30 seconds to respond to it. To use You Asked It, you will of course need a Twitter account and a willingness to write pithy and witty responses to a range of questions.

There’s no disputing the fact that iPhones and iPads are very sought after devices, but the price of owning these gadgets can be very costly, especially when Apple charges over $600-$700 for 32GB and 64GB models. So many customers end up getting a 16GB iPad, but what do you do you when start running out of memory space? Or another important question is, do you even need more than 16GB, especially in the era of cloud storage and syncing?

When the Internet becomes part of your day-to-day workflow, resources for storing and managing mountains of data become absolutely necessary. And that’s been the goal and purpose of the free and popular cross-platform notebook service, Evernote. Since it was launched back in 2008, Evernote has become a leading online and software service for writing and collecting notes and notebooks, creating voice memos, clipping full webpage and webpage excerpts.

If your twitter stream seems a little overcrowded with irrelevant tweets, a new set of Twitter updates for iOS and Android mobile apps now include a special Discover section of tweets, such as news stories, images of current events, and recent activities, tailored for the types of topics individual users may be interested in. The Discover tweets, or “Twitter cards”, section shows linked photos, videos, and article previews within the tweets. To access these tailored tweets, users need to tap on the View All Tweets tab in the Discover section.

The popular magazine style and RSS feed mobile app, Flipboard has added Apple iBookstore and Books categories to its list of Content Subscriptions and recommendations. The new iBooks section consists of two dozen book categories found in the iBookstore itself, including Bestsellers, Arts and Entertainment, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, History, Humor, Romance, and Travel & Adventure.

The popular virtual bookmarking site, Pinterest posted this week information and updates about its new set of terms of agreement for e-commerce and general users. Pinterest business users such as retailers, online merchants, publications, designers, institutions or local businesses will be required to sign up for a Pinterest business account, which will provide them a verification badge, an official “Pin It” and “Follow” button, a Profile or Board widget, and access to upcoming marketing features. Existing businesses on Pinterest can use a very simple convert form to apply for the new requirements.

Last May, I wrote about Apple’s iOS photo sharing feature, Photo Stream, which automatically syncs photos to a users’ iCloud account where they can be accessed in one or more of a user’s iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) or Mac computer. Since that time Apple has added a few important features and enhancements to Photo Stream that might go unnoticed by new Apple customers.

PayPal announced this week that it will be expanding a part of its Shop-and-Pay-on-the-Go services to international markets. The new service will test the use of QR codes at bricks-and-mortar stores in the Netherlands, which will allow potential customers to scan QR codes posted on billboards, posters, shop windows, etc. and pay for selected items using their PayPal account.

The popular online language learning program, Duolingo, recently released its iPhone app which mirrors the features and function of the web application. Duolingo is a completely free lesson and tutorial service in which you can learn a selected language at your own pace. With its new mobile app, Duolingo puts language learning in the pockets of iPhone users. After you select a language, you can use your Facebook, Twitter, or regular email account to register for the service.

Ever since I upgraded to the iPad Mini, I quickly realized I will never use my original 16GB iPad 1 in the same way I’ve used it for the last two years. But instead of selling it, I’ve decided to make it a dedicated family media album that can be loaded up with all my favorite family photos, videos, and even a few favorite song playlists for background music purposes.

If you’re looking for a place to back up and store your precious photos, the new Toronto-based startup, MyShoebox may prove a viable solution. MyShoebox allows for free unlimited photo backup, from anywhere including Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android. After the 30 day free trial, MyShoebox provides full resolution photo storage backup for a premium price of $5 per month, but the free plan allows you to store all your photos at a reduced web version resolution size.

Well the iPad Mini has arrived, and Dave was correct back in May about why Apple should have released a smaller iPad 3 and bigger iPod touch device. As Dave outlined, the mini addresses the needs of different users; the entry price is lower and thus affordable for many consumers, and it competes pretty well with the Nexus and Windows tablets. But now that I’ve had my iPad Mini for over 24 hours, I’d like to give some first hand reactions as to what is good and not so good about it.